Bag-holder



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L. G. WADE. BAG HOLDER.-

No. 494,908. Patente-d Api. 4, 1893.

wiwi/Leona@ UNITED STATES PATENT LINLEY G. WADE, OF HOLLY, MICHIGAN.

BAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 494,908, dated April 4,1893.

Application filed September 1,1892. Serial No. 444,767. (No model.)

To LEZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, LINLEY G. IVADE, of Holly, county of Oakland, andState of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBag-Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to produce a suitable, convenient, andeconomical device for holding the end ot' a bag open, and suspending itwhile it is being filled.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of myholder. Fig. 2 is a side view thereof. Fig. 3 is a top plan view; andFig. i is a view of the same as in use, showing the bag in position.

Referring to the iigures on the drawings, l indicates a frame, whichpreferably consists of a piece of inet-al bent or bowed near its opposte ends at a, as illustrated, and provided with suitable supportingdevices, as for example hooks 2 fastened to the side of l the frame.Suitable contrivances for holding the bagaround theside should beprovidechbut the weight of the bag resting upon the door may besupported without great difficulty at this place, and therefore I havefound that by einploying large headed rivets 3 for fastening the hooksto the frame I may provide ample means for the purpose.

'ing pins 8.

4 indicates a bracket fastened to the end cf the frame and extendingdownwardly to afford a pivotal support 5 for the pivoted catch 6 thatisprovided with a handle 7 and limit- The bracket is preferablybifurcated to afford guide-bearings in its opposite sides for the catchand handle.

In use the frame is tted to its appropriate size of bag, and the catcheshaving been coinpressed against the sides thereof it is firmly fixed inposition. In this position the mouth of the bag is held wide open withits front edge somewhat depending.

What I claim is- In a. bag holder, the combination with a bowed frame,having fastening devices secured within said bowed portions of thebifurcated brackets, secured to the extreme ends of the frame, thecatches with operating handles pivoted in the bifnrcated portions of thebrackets, and the limiting pins, for said operating handles,substantially as and for the purposes specified.

In testimony ot' all which I have hereunto subscribed my name.

LINLEY G. WADE. Witnesses:

A. BoTsEoRD, CHARLES F. COLLIER.

